
A few hours awaited, no reports from the front lines, no one returned. The two thousand elite troops of the first prince who were waiting were no longer impatient to wait.
"General A Bong, there has long been no news of Lieutenant General Loe's forces, lest they have fled".
"Run where this is, the only way to go in and out of the village of Genteng only through this road, maybe they have defected".
None of the troops believed that eight thousand soldiers would lose to the troops owned by Genteng village.
They were more confident that there was no report given at all by Lieutenant General Loe's forces as they fled or even defected.
They heard a conversation pitched objections from troops from Kubar province to attack Genteng village as well as objections from the provincial government as they conveyed their intention to ask for additional troops to help attack the village Tile.
Their guess is almost correct because the army led by Lieutenant General Loe did defected but not as they had expected because this army of soldiers defected not voluntarily but by the influence of the soul stamp done by the Joan in her agricultural dimension.
Actually the ability of the dimensional space to stamp a soul of only a maximum of a thousand people so to stamp the soul of eight thousand troops that soldier would have difficulty if done normally.
That's why Joan modified her ways. He used a hallucinatory aray to distract the soldiers to enter the meadow containing flowers and grass that had the effect of amplifying the hallucinations so that the soldiers became like drunk people.
This strategy was given by Blue as they communicated to negotiate how to deal with this invasion. Given the raid by the Atap Langit killing force that caused some injured victims, Joan did not want any of the villagers under her protection to be the victims of other people's dislike of her.
The villagers practiced martial arts every morning but for Joan it was not to be used in battle but as part of maintaining bodily health and a means for self-defense or defending the interests of the weak.
As long as these people were within his reach, he really did not want anyone to get hurt or die. Even if they served outside, he always warned them to avoid fights as much as possible and take good care of themselves so that no one became a victim.
That's why Joan wanted them to keep improving because on Etam's continent, only power was respected. Nonetheless, Joan always ordered them not to be arrogant and remain humble.
They entered the illusionary space so that they could be arranged to enter alternately in multiples of a thousand soldiers.
When they came out, they came out at the opposite end of the exit from the entrance, and there was already a shadow guard who would take them to the village gate. Joan did not change the names of the soldiers because she had no plans to make them into auxiliary soldiers in Genteng village.
Joan planned to return them back to their original residence so that these soldiers did not realize that in their souls they had been given a sign of ownership that made them obey Joan's orders.
For the elite soldier army belonging to the first prince, Joan had her own plans. Joan is only willing to take people with a background of robbers and murderers to be the guardians of the village.
For the soldiers, he had no intention of recruiting them into his own troops living in that village because he knew that they sincerely served the country to serve and protect the people. Unfortunately, many of the state servants who should be the guardians and protectors of society actually become a tool of the ruler to oppress the society they should serve.
Many people while still pioneering power gave sweet promises to serve and fight for the benefit of society, serving with the heart but when power is in hand, comfort makes them forget to nurture their initial motivation.
Waiting without certainty finally made the soldiers become saturated.
"The commanders of the troops, prepare ourselves we will rush in even though there have been no reports from the front lines".
"Let's go ahead and defeat our enemies. They should know the strength of the elite forces of the first prince. Don't embarrass yourself".
This time General A Bong led his own army. Two thousand cavalrymen on horseback and supported by two hundred Sky Roof hitmen immediately stormed through the path left behind by Lieutenant General Loe's forces earlier.
Unlike Lieutenant General Loe who had stopped in front of the village gate, they understood absolutely nothing about the situation in the area as no one had ever been to the village of Genteng.
They immediately turned and walked down the road in the forest. The allegation that Lieutenant General Loe's army defected became increasingly strong as there were no signs of the former fighting along the path they were going through.
There were no casualties, no bloodshed, no weapons left behind, only footprints on the dusty ground.
They arrived at a vast meadow filled with flower plants, just like the army of warriors who had come before.
Just like the soldiers under Lieutenant General Loe, the soldier led by the commander entered the flower garden and vanished from the ranks until the last man, there was no exception for the two hundred assassins from the assassin organization Roof of Heaven.
The last General A Bong arrived, surprised to see all his troops vanish from his line of sight. As a general who had experience in many wars, he was always careful with what he would do.
General A Bong got off his horse and he checked the locations around him but he did not find any oddities, all looking normal in his presence.
Carrying his spear, he stepped into the flower garden with great vigilance. General A Bong began to feel a strange sense of fragrance enveloping him, he felt calm as well as comfortable.
Usually his heart was always restless, he had long trouble sleeping, his soul could not calm down because he was aware that he was doing a lot of bad things with the first prince. Just then he truly felt peace, he felt melancholy, subconsciously his tears melted.
His memory drifted into his childhood when he was in the village together with his parents, herding cattle in the meadow. Those were good times, free from any form of power intrigue.
General A Bong was feeling very tired, he wanted to take a break from all the problems of his life. That day he felt he had found an oasis after wandering for so long in the wilderness of life.
He fell down with tears constantly melting on his cheeks soaking his beard.
He put both his hands on his head. Pulling his head between his knees and crying sobbing.
General A Bong has not cried since he came out of his village to pursue his military career, today all the burdens of his mind are completely detached from his heart.
He longed for the day that he could truly return to life as a free man whose life was not arranged by others.
They are not required to perform duties contrary to their conscience. In his early career, he initially served with sincerity and honesty . Along with the improvement of his position, he began to falter and be tempted by offers - offers to play with power.
Eventually he joined the first prince to promise the position of prime minister if the first prince succeeded in becoming Emperor.
"Get On"
A soft voice that tore at his soul rang out in the air.